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  • "I said yesterday that if FIFA get involved it will be trouble. They will be very interested in the potential for match fixing. Once you confess to the smaller crimes you open the door to being accused of much worse.

    However now FIFA have expressed an interest what can they do? Interview Claus ? Where will that get them?

    I doubt this will affect the club directly as everyone involved has long gone.

    On reflection, unless they can get hard evidence and a whole load of confessions from players or others involved, or some other tangible proof then it will be like knitting with water.

    Having mulled it over I reckon it will be a dead story in less than a week. FIFA may make some noise, but nothing will come of it."
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FIFA to investigate Lundekvam claims

Claus Lundekvam Claus Lundekvam

FIFA's chief investigator in England will look into claims by former Southampton skipper Claus Lundekvam that he, team-mates and opposing captains were involved in betting fraud.

In an interview in Norway, Lundekvam said the players manipulated incidents such as the first throw-in for betting purposes.

The world governing body FIFA today announced they will investigate the claims.

A statement said: "FIFA is monitoring this issue and involved its chief investigator in England. Once all information is known it will be decided who is leading the investigations."

Lundekvam claimed the spot-fixing took place in Premier League matches in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

He told Norwegian TV station NRK: "It's not something I'm proud of.

"For a while we did this almost every week. We made a fair bit of money. We could make deals with the opposing captain about, for example, betting on the first throw, the first corner, who started with the ball, a yellow card or a penalty.

"Those were the sorts of thing we had influence over."

Lundekvam insisted he and his fellow players never rigged the result of a match.

He said: "The results were never on the agenda. That is something I would never have done. We were professional competitors. Even though what we did, of course, was illegal, it was just a fun thing."

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